Background Checks on All Gun Purchases (February 2016)
category | column-1 |
---|---|
Strongly support | 54% |
Somewhat support | 24% |
Somewhat oppose | 8% |
Strongly oppose | 9% |
Don't know | 4% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 78% | 46% | 33% |
Somewhat support | 14% | 24% | 37% |
Somewhat oppose | 3% | 7% | 14% |
Strongly oppose | 4% | 11% | 13% |
Don't know | 1% | 12% | 3% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 23% | 46% | 32% |
Somewhat support | 40% | 28% | 40% |
Somewhat oppose | 17% | 18% | 10% |
Strongly oppose | 18% | 6% | 15% |
Don't know | 3% | 3% | 4% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 77% | 71% | 83% |
Somewhat support | 17% | 17% | 9% |
Somewhat oppose | 2% | 2% | 5% |
Strongly oppose | 4% | 7% | 2% |
Don't know | 0% | 2% | 2% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 82% | 66% | 32% |
Somewhat support | 10% | 20% | 34% |
Somewhat oppose | 3% | 4% | 14% |
Strongly oppose | 3% | 4% | 16% |
Don't know | 1% | 7% | 4% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 44% | 28% | 27% |
Somewhat support | 28% | 39% | 31% |
Somewhat oppose | 11% | 16% | 13% |
Strongly oppose | 12% | 13% | 24% |
Don't know | 5% | 3% | 4% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 70% | 88% | 90% |
Somewhat support | 15% | 8% | 7% |
Somewhat oppose | 7% | 2% | 1% |
Strongly oppose | 7% | 1% | 0% |
Don't know | 2% | 1% | 2% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 79% | 44% | 13% |
Somewhat support | 13% | 35% | 35% |
Somewhat oppose | 3% | 8% | 24% |
Strongly oppose | 4% | 11% | 27% |
Don't know | 1% | 3% | 1% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 48% | 76% | 64% |
Somewhat support | 28% | 13% | 19% |
Somewhat oppose | 10% | 4% | 5% |
Strongly oppose | 9% | 1% | 9% |
Don't know | 5% | 5% | 3% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Strongly support | 46% | 61% |
Somewhat support | 25% | 24% |
Somewhat oppose | 10% | 6% |
Strongly oppose | 14% | 5% |
Don't know | 5% | 4% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 64% | 53% | 42% |
Somewhat support | 18% | 27% | 29% |
Somewhat oppose | 7% | 9% | 8% |
Strongly oppose | 7% | 8% | 13% |
Don't know | 5% | 3% | 7% |
category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 61% | 52% | 54% | 54% |
Somewhat support | 25% | 26% | 21% | 28% |
Somewhat oppose | 5% | 7% | 10% | 8% |
Strongly oppose | 6% | 9% | 10% | 8% |
Don't know | 3% | 6% | 5% | 2% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 51% | 56% | 54% | 59% | 49% | 62% |
Somewhat support | 15% | 23% | 28% | 24% | 29% | 19% |
Somewhat oppose | 7% | 6% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 11% |
Strongly oppose | 15% | 8% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 7% |
Don't know | 12% | 7% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 0% |